Microfiction Monday

Welcome to Microfiction Monday, where a picture only paints 140 characters. Susan at Stony River has begun a Microfiction Monday wherein participants write a story in 140 characters based on a particular image that Susan has chosen for the day.  Design 215’s Character Counter helps keep track of the number of characters. It’s a fun [...]

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Notable quotes

I’m home from church with tummy troubles today, but thought I’d share some words of others that have spoken to me. The first link between my soul and Christ is not my goodness but my badness, not my merit but my misery, not my riches but my need. – Spurgeon (Seen at Strength For Today) [...]

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After Thanksgiving

(My photo hunt picture is below.) I forgot to mention earlier that traditionally my very kind husband takes over the task of getting all the meat off the turkey after the meal and then cleans the roasting pan for me. I am so grateful — by that point in the day I’m wearing out! I [...]

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Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Technology

PhotoHunt Theme: Technology | Become a Photo Hunter We’re a family of techno-geeks. The males are, at least, and I am mighty glad to have people in the house who can figure these things out and show me what to do with them. I could have gone any number of directions with this, but when [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites or to join in. 1. Thanksgiving praise service. Our [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most high: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1-2. For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for [...]

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Giveaways here and there

This giveaway is now over and comments are closed. The winner is Ivory Spring! I mentioned a couple of days ago that in all my sorting and organizing I found some duplicates that I planned to give away. I want to share this first one right away so someone will have it in time for [...]

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Earlybird Thanksgiving Random Dozen

Linda at 2nd Cup of Coffee is hosting her usual Wednesday Random Dozen on Tuesday this week, since many will be making pies or traveling tomorrow. 1. Are you sticking to traditional Thanksgiving foods this year, or are you being culinarily adventurous? All the usual very traditional Thanksgiving fare. 2. Tell me something concrete that [...]

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What’s on Your Nightstand: November

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. I finished My Heart Remembers by Kim Vogel [...]

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Book Review: Farraday Road

The opening pages of Farraday Road by Ace Collins set the stage for mystery: a literal “dark and stormy night,” a car discovered run off the road, two bodies having been shot, one alive and one dead, and a historic bridge washed off its moorings. Lije (short for Elijah) survives but neither he nor anyone [...]

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